Writing

The writing process starts with a writer’s inspiration. Read these writing quotes by famous authors to help your motivation. You can close your eyes and wait for the thoughts and feelings to arrive to get your good writing ideas flowing. But sometimes, the waiting can seem like forever. You can try to listen to music or watch…

Point of view in story writing is one of the first elements you need to know how to use as an author. Your choice of point of view (POV) decides who is telling your story to whom. All writing uses one of the choices, but very often without any thought. But if you are writing…

Writing a blog post might seem like an easy thing to do. Write 500 words on your pet topic of the day, do a quick proofread, and then hit publish. Many blogs and websites use this or a similar formula. When you start a new blog, you know you need content, so you write as many…

If you want to know how to become a better writer, start by looking for the quickest and easiest ways to improve. Try to identify some flaws you may use by habit that could weaken your writing. I’m not talking here about spelling errors, punctuation, and typos, which are always part of a first draft…

How, when, and why should you use the second-person point of view? But first, what is a point of view (POV)? There are three basic points of view that define the type of narration in literature and writing. They are the first, second, and third person. In the first person POV, the narrator uses the pronoun, I…

There are a lot of Chrome extensions for writers. The Chrome browser is the most popular because compared to Explorer, Edge, Safari, and Firefox, it wins on stability and performance. While I use different web browsers, I never have to quit Chrome, no matter how many tabs I have open. Unlike the rest, it never…

What is SEO writing? It is the best way to get your web pages to appear in Google or Bing search engine results pages. When you write a blog post or publish content online, you want people to read it. Just because you write well and include a lot of valuable information in your articles…

What did Beckett mean by fail better? It has now become a tired and hackneyed cliché. Fail better has been adopted as a catchcry, war cry, and even a pseudo-business model for tech startups, entrepreneurs, and elite sports stars. The current interpretation of these two oddly collocated words in business, sport, and even in general…

You have a lot of brilliant ideas to write about. So you get to your keyboard, get to work, and start writing. Well, perhaps your typewriter, pen, or pencil if you are still so inclined. Whether you are writing fiction, an article, an essay, or even a poem, let your fingers do the talking because…